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Runts of the litter?

kerry-123

kerry-123

Mama Doe
I think Joey may have been the runt out of his litter, will this effect his health?? I'm just going by my knowledge of dogs here b/cus I've heard runts normally have health issues.
 
we kept the runt of our litter ,moley she still seems quite tiny and was so small compared to the others,shes doing really well and into mischeif,her last check up was really wwell,shes only3 months now ,but love her
 
I had a dog who was the runt of the litter. Nobody wanted him. He was the last to be sold.

He lived to the ripe old age of 15 and was a wonderful, beautiful boy. A few minor health problems - skin allergies/ear problems but that was all.

I'm sure the same goes for some buns. Everyone deserves a chance. It's the luck of the game a lot of the time.
 
The runt isn't always unhealthy, its just the smallest of its litter.
Rufus was in some ways the runt at one point (true there were a lot of babies smaller than him but they died because mom didn't have enough milk for them:cry:) Rufus grew up fine though, and within 8 weeks he was suddenly the biggest:lol:
 
ZakuraRabbit said:
The runt isn't always unhealthy, its just the smallest of its litter.
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I agree - We nearly lost Connie but she pulled through and is as happy and healthy as her brother and sisters, although still slightly smaller, and she was neutered with them yesterday and has come through fine - no probs! :D
 
If Barley is truely a french lop then she is defo the runt as she is so small.She had a muscle wastage when I got her and also has problems with cystitis but,touch a very large piece of wood,she seems healthy in every other way.
 
aussiebun said:
I had a dog who was the runt of the litter. Nobody wanted him. He was the last to be sold.

He lived to the ripe old age of 15 and was a wonderful, beautiful boy. A few minor health problems - skin allergies/ear problems but that was all.

I'm sure the same goes for some buns. Everyone deserves a chance. It's the luck of the game a lot of the time.
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Oh ofc I would never give him up just cus he's the runt I just wanna know what I'm up against lol
 
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